The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

Chapter 2165 Political Turmoil

2166: Political Turmoil

August 12, 8 BBY. Four days after Tang Xiao's return, Hari Seldon was released from prison without charge. After being detained for more than a month, he finally saw the light of day again.

However, the officials of the Principality of Dawn did not give any further explanation for the acquittal of Hari Seldon, but simply released him.

On August 8, Prime Minister Francis Underwood of the Principality of Dawn submitted his resignation citing health reasons.

On August 8, Francis Underwood's resignation was rejected.

On August 8, Hari Seldon resigned as Governor of the Haven sector and was transferred to the position of Secretary General of the Office of the Prime Minister of the Principality.

On August 8, the former commander-in-chief of the Giant God Security Company, BIG-BOSS, retired from the mercenary group and returned to the Principality of Dawn. At the age of 27, he became the governor of the Haven Star Region. He used John Doe as his official name. The current commander of the Giant God Security Company is Mira Han.

BIG-BOSS is also one of the key figures in the early awakening, but he rarely participates in the core affairs of the Fourth Civilization. His greatest achievement is to lead the Giant God Security Company to gain a foothold in the chaotic Hutt Space and become one of the best mercenary groups in Hutt Space.

For 20 years, under the leadership of BIG-BOSS, the Giant God Security Company fought wars in the Hutt space. It not only successfully disrupted the situation in the Hutt space and became one of the fuses for the Hutt civil war, but also played a key role in the Dawn Principality's secret maintenance of its military presence in the Hutt space.

During the Clone Wars, with the counterattack of the Galactic Republic, the Confederacy of Independent Systems, whose core is located in the eastern part of the Milky Way, and the Principality of Dawn, whose core is located in the southwestern part of the Milky Way, still maintained a certain connection because of the existence of Hutt Space. In this process, Colossus Security Company was an important part.

Now, BIG-BOSS has entered politics and become the governor of Haven Star Region, which actually means a change in the future policy of the Principality of Dawn. You should know that Haven Star Region has always been a star region with economic and cultural development as its main goal, but now, BIG-BOSS has become the governor as a senior military commander, which means too much.

Along with the personnel transfers of BIG-BOSS and Hari Seldon, there were also a series of more adjustments. However, it is worth noting that not only was Francis Underwood's resignation not accepted, but the position of his wife, the current Minister of the Interior, Claire Underwood, remained unchanged.

But there is another transfer worth mentioning, that is Francis Underwood's long-time confidant, Chief of Staff Douglas Stamp was transferred to BIG-BOSS and became the chief of staff of the Haven Star Sector.

Compared to his former position as Chief of Staff of the Prime Minister's Office, Douglas Stamp was indeed demoted, but you have to know that he was dismissed before that! Now he is re-employed and transferred away from Francis, which seems to be another signal.

This series of personnel changes made many people with keen sense of smell realize that a storm was brewing in the political arena of the Principality of Dawn. It seemed that the Principality of Dawn also intended to quietly complete its internal transformation while the Galactic Empire was fighting a life-and-death battle with the Trade Union. However, at this moment, while the Principality of Dawn and the Galactic Empire were engaged in various open and covert struggles over the Trade Union, some changes began to appear in the Hutt Civil War in Hutt Space.

August 12, 8 BBY, Hutt space, outer space of the planet Barab.

A large-scale encounter broke out between the two warring parties in the Hutt civil war, the fleet of the Desiligich family and the fleet of Besadi.

In this civil war, the Hutts' once large fleet has changed greatly as the war progresses. The old warships built over thousands of years have been damaged in the war, and in order to continue the war, the Hutts have begun to buy a large number of various warships on the black market.

By the way, although the Hutts have a huge industrial system inherited from the former Hutt Empire and a complete warship manufacturing production line, none of this has been developed for thousands of years. Since the Hutt Empire was reorganized and became a nominal dominion of the Galactic Republic, the Hutts have devoted all their energy to various smuggling activities, selling spices, and slave trade to build their own underground criminal empire.

Under such circumstances, heavy industry seemed less needed. The Hutts simply maintained their fleet of warships, which had been used by the Hutt Empire thousands of years ago, and occasionally made some minor repairs and upgrades. Because of the existence of this fleet, coupled with the remote geography of Hutt space, the complex hyperspace channels, and the even more complex racial relations, this was enough to prevent any attempt by the Galactic Republic to completely occupy Hutt space.

In fact, in this galaxy, before a large-scale war really broke out, it was not uncommon for some spaceships and warships in good condition to become heirlooms passed down from generation to generation. As long as they rarely entered the atmosphere and remained in the vacuum of the universe for a long time, the possibility of parts being oxidized and corroded was eliminated, and they could be used for a long time after being repaired.

The first large warship of the Fourth Civilization was the Hammerhead-class cruiser built more than 1200 years ago, which was captured from pirates.

Therefore, in this large-scale battle taking place around the planet Barab, you can see that many of the warships there are those that have been eliminated during the war or have had their equipment updated, or have been severely damaged and deemed unsuitable for continued service, or have been resold due to various corruptions.

Some of the battleships after landing include the Higra-class battlecruiser, the Bountiful-class communication frigate, the Resister-class light destroyer, etc. There are also some relatively advanced battleships, including the Victory I-class star destroyer, the Hunter-class battlecruiser, the Cole-class battlecruiser, the Rookery Hook-class battleship, etc.

You can even see a few Providence-class destroyers!

  There are countless small and medium-sized warships that have appeared in the Clone Wars on both sides of the war - Arquitects-class light cruisers, Karak-class light cruisers, Apocalypse-class light cruisers, Puppet-class drone carriers, Brown Bear-class heavy destroyers, Vengeance-class destroyers, Corellian DL-20 gunboats, Guard-class anti-aircraft destroyers, etc. This is simply a large display area for old warships!

It should be pointed out that these warships appeared on both sides of the battle at the same time. Coupled with the Hutt commander's strategy of "charge" without any strategy or tactics, the fleets of both sides soon fell into a melee. In this way, you have no idea which side these warships belong to...

In the complex electromagnetic environment of the battlefield, endless electronic interference makes the enemy identification codes of both sides sometimes not so reliable. The result is that they are all fighting randomly!